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(Fragment)Cow Pasture Show Moves Date
Barn Star Productions' Antiques in a Cow Pasture, a one-day antiques market in Salisbury, Connecticut, that was started by Russell Carrell in 1958, is changing to a new day. This year the show will move to Saturday, September 13, in order to give exhibiting dealers some breathing room after the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)High Tide and Smooth Sailing
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginiaby Robert KyleThe Potomack Company's May 17 auction in Alexandria, Virginia, was its 17th since opening in October 2006. That equals one per month, a selling pace unanticipated when local dealer and former Christie's specialist Elizabeth Haynie Wainstein launched the business. She told M.A.D. then (February ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fine Art Bargains at Internet Auctions Are Not Always Bargains
by David Hewett"'A fool and his money are soon parted,' and people who buy a Guy Wiggins on eBay for five thousand dollars, when Guy C. Wiggins is selling for three hundred thousand dollars, are just asking for trouble," said Guy A. Wiggins, and he has the facts to back ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Market Lively at Successful Sale
Doyle New York, New York Cityby Elizabeth Bidwell BatesPaintings led the April 29 American furniture and decorative arts sale at Doyle New York, which reached a total of $525,969. Leading the sale at $25,000 (includes buyer's premium), the vibrant image of stag, hind, and fawns came to Doyle with an ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Mainly Good Maine Goods at Gould's
Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, Maineby Mark SiscoGould Auction Company's trademark "fresh to the market" auction offerings live up to their advance billing. The May 31 sale in Gardiner, Maine, featured never-before-out-of-the-house offerings, but this time there was a stronger than usual emphasis on good old Maine folk art.A miniature portrait ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Philadelphia Side Chair Leads the Way
Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, LLC, Radford, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanKen Farmer pointed to a textile draped across the top of one of the showcases in a display area toward the rear of his salesroom in Radford, Virginia. He calmly said, "That is going to blow up." Not concerned about ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record June Heat Affects Attendance, Americana Sale Still Strong
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby David HewettSwarms of eager fans descended on Boston on Sunday, June 8, but they weren't heading for 63 Park Plaza, just a block away from the Common and its popular swan boats. Nope, they were heading for Fenway Park, home of the red-hot Red Sox, who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More Record Prices for Howard Clocks
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, Manchester, New Hampshireby Jeanne SchintoR.O. "Bob" Schmitt's clock sale at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, on April 26 was one of the strongest he has had in his nearly 30-year history with a tally of $1,098,750 (including buyers' premiums). Only four out of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Emerging Gallery Expands Market for Southern Art and Antiques
Case Antiques, Inc., Knoxville, Tennesseeby Sarah CampbellIn the two years since it was founded, Case Antiques has profited from the bullish auction market for early fine and decorative art of the South and has worked to expand it by creating some new categories and some new collectors."I think we've done ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Would-be Seller of Klimt Sues Would-be Buyer for $1.2 Million
by David HewettOn June 5, a woman in Austria filed a lawsuit against New York City's Quatrochi Art Agents, Inc. for $1.2 million. Also named in the suit was the moving and storage firm Day & Meyer, Murray & Young, Corp. Maggie Wachter brought the suit against the art firm's ... (Read More)
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